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Giovanni Boccaccio - Wikipedia Boccaccio wrote his imaginative literature mostly in Tuscan vernacular, as well as other works in Latin, and is particularly noted for his realistic dialogue which differed from that of his contemporaries, medieval writers who usually followed formulaic models for character and plot
Giovanni Boccaccio | Biography, Works, Decameron, Renaissance, Black . . . Giovanni Boccaccio was an Italian poet and scholar, best remembered as the author of the earthy tales in the Decameron With Petrarch he laid the foundations for the humanism of the Renaissance and raised vernacular literature to the level and status of the classics of antiquity
Giovanni Boccaccio - World History Encyclopedia Giovanni Boccaccio (1313-1375) was an Italian poet, writer, and scholar His most famous and influential work is the Decameron, completed by 1353, in which his ten characters present 100 tales of everyday life
Decameron Web | Boccaccio - Brown University Boccaccio is entrusted by Florence to conduct a series of readings and lectures on the Divina Commedia, in the Church of Santo Stefano di Badia The contract called for a cycle of lectures, lasting for a year, and a compensation of one hundred florins
About Giovanni Boccaccio | Academy of American Poets He is known as one of the “three jewels,” of Italian literature, along with Petrarch and Dante Alighieri, as well as a founder of Renaissance Humanism Boccaccio promoted the use of the Tuscan vernacular in the written form, rather than the traditional Latin
Biography - Boccaccio Giovanni Giovanni Boccaccio (UK: bəˈkætʃioʊ , US: boʊˈkɑːtʃ (i)oʊ, bə- , Italian: [dʒoˈvanni bokˈkattʃo]; 16 June 1313 – 21 December 1375) was an Italian writer, poet, correspondent of Petrarch, and an important Renaissance humanist
Boccaccio: A Biography, Santagata, Eisenach This landmark biography sheds new light on Boccaccio’s life—his family, friends, and foes, his aspirations, fears, and frustrations—and it shows how he was affected by transformations in Italian society
Giovanni Boccaccio - Florence As It Was Born in 1313 as an illegitimate child of a merchant, Boccaccio first studied economics and trade in Naples before attempting a legal career When he reached maturity he scorned his father’s wishes and pursued a career in literature
The Decameron - Wikipedia Boccaccio had been educated in the tradition of Dante's Divine Comedy, which used various levels of allegory to show the connections between the literal events of the story and the Christian message
Giovanni Boccaccio - Wikipedia Giovanni Boccaccio (Certaldo o forse Firenze, giugno o luglio 1313 [1] – Certaldo, 21 dicembre 1375 [2][3][4]) è stato uno scrittore e poeta italiano Conosciuto anche come "il Certaldese" [5], fu una delle figure più importanti nel panorama letterario europeo del XIV secolo [6]